The temperature on October 4, 1914 was between 7.9 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
Day of death August 31, 1992
The temperature on August 31, 1992 was between 10.8 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 29 » First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum.
April 5 » Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War.
May 7 » Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, STS-49.
September 16 » Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
November 16 » The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
December 21 » A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, killing 56.
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